Assisted Final Exit Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying 2002

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FINAL EXIT Derek Humphry 3ed CONTENTS 6 1 The Most Difficult Decision 25 2 Shopping for the Right Doctor 33 3 Beware of the Law 39 4 The Hospice Option 47 5 The Cyanide Enigma 6 Death Hollywood Style 60 7 Bizarre Ways to Die 65 8 The Dilemma of the Severely Handicapped 74 9 Self-Starvation 82 10 The Will to Die and "Miracle Cures" 87 11 Who Shall Know? 93 12 Life Insurance 97 13 After the Self-Deliverance 100 14 A Private Matter? 105 15 Psychological Support for the Dying 111 16 Letters to Be Written 116 17 Going Together? 121 18 When Is the Time to Die? 125 19 How Do You Get the "Magic Pills"? 133 20 Storing Drugs 141 21 Death in the Family Car 145 22 Self-Deliverance Using a Plastic Bag 148 23 A Speedier Way: Inert Gases 154 24 The Checklist 165 25 The Final Act 168 26 The Risky Drugs 179 26.1 Drug Dosage Table for Use in Self-Deliverance from a Terminal Illness 185 27 Physician- and NonPhysician -Assisted Suicide 189 APPENDIX A Glossary of Terms Connected with Dying 197 APPENDIX D A Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health care 220 Books to Read 231 INDEX 233 Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO!) About the Author 246 Praise/or FINAL EXIT 248 Other books by Derek Humphry 249